Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- La'el Collins, center, former LSU offensive lineman, leaves the LSP HQ with Jen Vitry, left, and attorney Jim Boren, right, after talking to detectives about a homicide case in which he is not a suspect.

Report: An "emotional meeting" with his agents on the eve of the NFL draft started La'el Collins on the path of clearing his name in Baton Rouge murder case

Advocate staff photo by BILL FEIG -- La'el Collins, center, former LSU offensive lineman, leaves the LSP HQ with Jen Vitry, left, and attorney Jim Boren, right, after talking to detectives about a homicide case in which he is not a suspect.

"There, he met with his Chicago-based agents from Priority Sports in a meeting that, according to someone in the room, was as emotional as he had seen in 25 years in the business," Brandt wrote. "The agents then put Collins on the phone with multiple teams to earnestly explain his lack of involvement in the woman’s death, although the impact of the pleas by phone paled in comparison to what the agents had seen in person. Collins then left the draft and returned to Louisiana."